Battleships, Subs, Planes and Alligators

June 18, 2014  
Meaher State Park
Spanish Fort, Alabama

Today we drove along the Gulf of Mexico to Mobile, Alabama.  We are camped on the east side of Mobile Bay right across the bay from the USS Alabama.  It's a nice park and we  were lucky to get a site that backed right up to the water.

After quickly setting up the camper, we hurried over to the USS Alabama for a tour before the thunderstorms arrived.

The ship had three different tours: the red one, the yellow one and the green one.         

After doing ALL THREE tours I found out there was also a submarine, the USS Drum, and a large hanger full of planes to tour.

We made it back to the camper just before a large thunderstorm hit.

After dinner we walked out to the fishing pier to see the sunset.  We were talking to some fishermen when one of them got a hit.  Before he could land the fish a 12' Alligator tried to get an easy meal.

The gator positioned himself so he was in striking distance for anyone fishing or crabbing and patiently waited for his next chance at dinner.  The pier was lighted so we watched him for quite a while.  Unfortunately it was too dark for a photo.  

The next morning we saw a sign behind the camper that we had missed the day before.  We also discovered why the locals didn't park on the bayside sites.